Monday 16 April 2012

It was Monday, under the sign of Aries. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic). In that special week of April people in US were listening to We Are Young by Fun..
Think Like a Man, directed by Tim Story, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2012
while The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was one of the best selling books.But much more happened that day: find out below..

Famous Birthdays:

Facts:

Syrian uprising:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges ampquotmaximum restraintampquot from the Syrian regime as the first UN military observers arrive in Damascus to monitor a fragile ceasefire. (''Los Angeles Times'')

At least 55 people are reported killed, including 26 in the city of Idlib, as violence increases again despite the arrival of U.N. observers to monitor a cease-fire. (CNN)

Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau announce the formation of a Transitional National Council after the recent coup the acting president and prime minister remain in detention. (CNN)

A six-year-old boy is killed and two other children are wounded after a militant throws a hand grenade into a co-educational school near Peshawar, northwest Pakistan. (CNN)

The Sex Pistols' song ampquotGod Save the Queenampquot, which was banned by the BBC, is to be re-released 35 years after its debut, in time for June's Diamond Jubilee. (''The New York Times'')

The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. (Associated Press)

Jim Yong Kim is selected as President of the World Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner submits a bill that would nationalise 51% of YPF to Congress. (''The Guardian'')

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake, at a depth of , rocks Valparaíso, Chile. (United States Geological Survey)

Australia relaxes sanctions on Myanmar, following political reforms in Myanmar, including by-elections earlier this month in which opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won dozens of seats. (CNN)

The U.S. military's top officer Martin Dempsey speaks of being ampquotembarrassedampquot and tells a Pentagon news conference ampquotwe let the boss downampquot in relation to allegations that United States Secret Service agents habitually associated with prostitutes in Colombia. Pentagon spokesman George E. Little tells reporters that the number of military staff involved could be more than the five originally reported. (BBC)

An Israeli soldier hits a foreign pro-Palestinian activist, believed to be a Danish national, with his gun after protesters attack and injure the soldier the Danish ambassador to Israel demands an explanation from Israel. (Ynet)

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Books

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated.

Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy.Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark.

See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey. In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled ...